This is a kind of junction I used to cross during my college days. All I had to do to keep my “Situational Awareness” was to look 1-left, 2-right, 3-straight, 4-back mirror, 5-both side mirrors, 6-repeat all steps every 5 seconds. I wondered if this could be applied in Emergency Department to gain Situational Awareness!

So here is the story of one fine Resus shift

Situational Awareness has 3 components

A commonly used tool in US air force pilots to gain situational awareness at speeds of MACH 2 is OODA loop. Though we don’t break sound barrier, but sometimes the speed with which new patients arrives to Resus is not far behind.